Which do you prefer Halo3 or call of duty 4?

Call of Duty 4 seemed to get everything right in terms of what an FPS should be.  I can understand why people prefer it, and in many ways it is the better game.  But for some reason, Halo has a quality that I can't quite put my finger on...it just has something that keeps you coming back for more...I sold COD4 a few weeks ago finally, but will never sell Halo 3.  I'm talking about multiplayer though, COD4's single player is better, but still nothing spectacular.

COD4 for me was a lot like Counterstrike, they both seem to get you hooked and pissed off at the same time...sometimes you don't know if you're even having fun anymore.  I hardly ever get pissed off playing Halo, so that may be why I like it more.  AND  the fact that you can have 4 players on the same screen is a HUGE plus.  It spoils you for other games, when you want to have people in the room playing with you too...can't do that with Gears or COD4 or really anything else unless you're playing offline.

"There is a lot of writing for such a simple question. You either put Halo 3 or CoD4.  Trying to convince people the game they like actually sucks, never works."

"Call of duty 4 for me. I don't think it takes much skill to play halo.

"Personally I don't like either of them. Halo seems more like an FPS for beginners and COD4 is entirely made up of reaction speed of which I have little."

Call of Duty 2, Quake III, and Unreal Tournament 2004

"Guyzea said:

"Call of Duty 4. I don't like Halo 3 at all because of the community and the toy guns."

The community is better than most other games, ESPECIALLY cod4, you've just gotta know where to look."

Its like choosing between Cake and Pie. They are both delicious pastries, but otherwise fairly different. In this case I choose Pie (COD4) because there are less 12 year old assholes with headsets, and I don't have to be extremely good to score well. Plus it has team announcers ("ENEMY UAV IS ONLINE!"), although I do like the halo man as well. ("Double Kill, Triple Kill!, Overkill!)

They are two extremely fantastic multiplayer games, but I would have to go with Call of Duty 4. Very close.

I vote for Halo.  It really satisfies my sci-fi shooter itch and is really fun to play competitively.  And in my experience, I faced way more jerks/pre-teens/scourge of society on CoD4 then on Halo 3 although it does not even compare to the horrid GeoW 1 community.  Whenever I play CoD4, I am always reminded of the battelfield series(on PC) and how kickass those games were.  The best part about them imo were the maps and their expansiveness.  CoD4 maps just do not compete size wise or quality wise.

Halo 3. I think it just has more depth. 4 player co-op is a blast. I went through the game once solo and 3-4 more times with friends. Once I hit level 55 in CoD 4, I was done.

"Call of Duty 2, Quake III, and Unreal Tournament 2004

AKA - The Trifecta of FPS Perfection

"

COD4, it's a butt load easier.  and vinchenzo, who said half life, Half life and it's sequel are both terrible games.

At it's core, COD4 has better gameplay than Halo 3. But Halo 3 makes up for that with all of the custom options available, and it's a meatier game.

"Its like choosing between Cake and Pie. They are both delicious pastries, but otherwise fairly different. In this case I choose Pie (COD4) because there are less 12 year old assholes with headsets, and I don't have to be extremely good to score well. Plus it has team announcers ("ENEMY UAV IS ONLINE!"), although I do like the halo man as well. ("Double Kill, Triple Kill!, Overkill!)"

Dont like the Halo series too much so will have to go with CoD4 here.

My one problem with cod4 is that no one ever fucking talks, you maybe get one annoying person talking to themselves every 3 matches.
Halo 3 is much harder, but also alot more fun, you gotta think about what weapon to use in a situation and not just camp with a sniper.
Both great games but i choose Vegas 2.

"My one problem with cod4 is that no one ever fucking talks, you maybe get one annoying person talking to themselves every 3 matches.Halo 3 is much harder, but also alot more fun, you gotta think about what weapon to use in a situation and not just camp with a sniper.Both great games but i choose Vegas 2."

"RandomHero666 said:

"My one problem with cod4 is that no one ever fucking talks, you maybe get one annoying person talking to themselves every 3 matches.Halo 3 is much harder, but also alot more fun, you gotta think about what weapon to use in a situation and not just camp with a sniper.Both great games but i choose Vegas 2."

Yea, Vegas 2 is pretty damn awesome.  Like halo quite a bit more, but Vegas 2 is next.COD4 felt good for the first month or so, but there's not much depth to it all.  It's, as I said earlier, just a game of running around and shooting, even the objective matches. "

Team Fortress 2 is the correct answer.

I just prefer Call of Duty 4. The only time I ever get into playing Halo 3 are those custom matches made by Forge.

I suck ballz at Halo3, so COD4 it is.

"Call of Duty 2, Quake III, and Unreal Tournament 2004

AKA - The Trifecta of FPS Perfection

"

"dr_nefarious said:

"Call of duty 4 for me. I don't think it takes much skill to play halo.

i lolled.  Why is it that people love saying stuff about halo taking no skill and what no?  Another example: 

"Personally I don't like either of them. Halo seems more like an FPS for beginners and COD4 is entirely made up of reaction speed of which I have little."

Seriously now, speaking to someone who's played neither, go into a match in both.  I can guarantee you you'll hold your own in COD4 (assuming you play other shooters) where as you'll get absolutely slaughtered in Halo.   While there's so many more things to consider, the fact that it's not a game of peek-a-boo should give it away that a more experienced have a huge advantage.   And hell, COD4 is not about reactions speed. Quake's about reaction speed.  COD 4's all about pretty much finding the other person first.  Maybe it's just me, I'm special or something, but I find that most players just run through blindly in COD looking for kills.  There's really no flow or holds. "

call of duty 4, Fun,Awesome And Way better than halo 3

"SmugDarkLoser said:

"RandomHero666 said:

"My one problem with cod4 is that no one ever fucking talks, you maybe get one annoying person talking to themselves every 3 matches.Halo 3 is much harder, but also alot more fun, you gotta think about what weapon to use in a situation and not just camp with a sniper.Both great games but i choose Vegas 2."

Yea, Vegas 2 is pretty damn awesome.  Like halo quite a bit more, but Vegas 2 is next.COD4 felt good for the first month or so, but there's not much depth to it all.  It's, as I said earlier, just a game of running around and shooting, even the objective matches. "

I enjoyed GRAW better than vegas. Things took a while to get going and there was no spawn system to speak of (although the same is true with vegas). And 90% of the maps were broken or just plain sucked, but WHEN it worked it was epic."

"Team Fortress 2 is the correct answer."

"SmugDarkLoser said:

"dr_nefarious said:

"Call of duty 4 for me. I don't think it takes much skill to play halo.

i lolled.  Why is it that people love saying stuff about halo taking no skill and what no?  Another example: 

"Personally I don't like either of them. Halo seems more like an FPS for beginners and COD4 is entirely made up of reaction speed of which I have little."

Seriously now, speaking to someone who's played neither, go into a match in both.  I can guarantee you you'll hold your own in COD4 (assuming you play other shooters) where as you'll get absolutely slaughtered in Halo.   While there's so many more things to consider, the fact that it's not a game of peek-a-boo should give it away that a more experienced have a huge advantage.   And hell, COD4 is not about reactions speed. Quake's about reaction speed.  COD 4's all about pretty much finding the other person first.  Maybe it's just me, I'm special or something, but I find that most players just run through blindly in COD looking for kills.  There's really no flow or holds. "

Sorry but as much as you may not want to admit it. Halo 3 is more about people wandering around aimlessly looking for kills. CoD4 actually involves people taking sniper shots at you. I believe Halo 3 is more about who beats who down first."

COD4 for PC. Halo's aim is much too floaty, as is player control. HS = 40 btw for anyone who wants to say "LOL YOU SO BAYD YOU R NEVAR PLAY HALO 4 REALZ"

But Half Life does indeed beat both of them, and I simply laugh at those who say HL 1/2 were bad games.

"dr_nefarious said:

"SmugDarkLoser said:

"dr_nefarious said:

"Call of duty 4 for me. I don't think it takes much skill to play halo.

i lolled.  Why is it that people love saying stuff about halo taking no skill and what no?  Another example: 

"Personally I don't like either of them. Halo seems more like an FPS for beginners and COD4 is entirely made up of reaction speed of which I have little."

Seriously now, speaking to someone who's played neither, go into a match in both.  I can guarantee you you'll hold your own in COD4 (assuming you play other shooters) where as you'll get absolutely slaughtered in Halo.   While there's so many more things to consider, the fact that it's not a game of peek-a-boo should give it away that a more experienced have a huge advantage.   And hell, COD4 is not about reactions speed. Quake's about reaction speed.  COD 4's all about pretty much finding the other person first.  Maybe it's just me, I'm special or something, but I find that most players just run through blindly in COD looking for kills.  There's really no flow or holds. "

Sorry but as much as you may not want to admit it. Halo 3 is more about people wandering around aimlessly looking for kills. CoD4 actually involves people taking sniper shots at you. I believe Halo 3 is more about who beats who down first."

Yeah... coming form the sargeant with a 0.60 k/d ratio. I suggest you play 30+ squad battle one day with me. Then try again and claim that halo 3 is all about people wandering around aimlessly and beatdowns. By god there is so much ignorance in that post. I find it funny that those who criticize halo 3 for not requiring skill or strategy or whatever haven't even played a single competitive game of halo 3."

"crunchUK said:

"dr_nefarious said:

"SmugDarkLoser said:

"dr_nefarious said:

"Call of duty 4 for me. I don't think it takes much skill to play halo.

i lolled.  Why is it that people love saying stuff about halo taking no skill and what no?  Another example: 

"Personally I don't like either of them. Halo seems more like an FPS for beginners and COD4 is entirely made up of reaction speed of which I have little."

Seriously now, speaking to someone who's played neither, go into a match in both.  I can guarantee you you'll hold your own in COD4 (assuming you play other shooters) where as you'll get absolutely slaughtered in Halo.   While there's so many more things to consider, the fact that it's not a game of peek-a-boo should give it away that a more experienced have a huge advantage.   And hell, COD4 is not about reactions speed. Quake's about reaction speed.  COD 4's all about pretty much finding the other person first.  Maybe it's just me, I'm special or something, but I find that most players just run through blindly in COD looking for kills.  There's really no flow or holds. "

Sorry but as much as you may not want to admit it. Halo 3 is more about people wandering around aimlessly looking for kills. CoD4 actually involves people taking sniper shots at you. I believe Halo 3 is more about who beats who down first."

Yeah... coming form the sargeant with a 0.60 k/d ratio. I suggest you play 30+ squad battle one day with me. Then try again and claim that halo 3 is all about people wandering around aimlessly and beatdowns. By god there is so much ignorance in that post. I find it funny that those who criticize halo 3 for not requiring skill or strategy or whatever haven't even played a single competitive game of halo 3."

Trust me those were competitive games that I played. You're surprisingly good though."

"dr_nefarious said:

"crunchUK said:

"dr_nefarious said:

"SmugDarkLoser said:

"dr_nefarious said:

"Call of duty 4 for me. I don't think it takes much skill to play halo.

i lolled.  Why is it that people love saying stuff about halo taking no skill and what no?  Another example: 

"Personally I don't like either of them. Halo seems more like an FPS for beginners and COD4 is entirely made up of reaction speed of which I have little."

Seriously now, speaking to someone who's played neither, go into a match in both.  I can guarantee you you'll hold your own in COD4 (assuming you play other shooters) where as you'll get absolutely slaughtered in Halo.   While there's so many more things to consider, the fact that it's not a game of peek-a-boo should give it away that a more experienced have a huge advantage.   And hell, COD4 is not about reactions speed. Quake's about reaction speed.  COD 4's all about pretty much finding the other person first.  Maybe it's just me, I'm special or something, but I find that most players just run through blindly in COD looking for kills.  There's really no flow or holds. "

Sorry but as much as you may not want to admit it. Halo 3 is more about people wandering around aimlessly looking for kills. CoD4 actually involves people taking sniper shots at you. I believe Halo 3 is more about who beats who down first."

Yeah... coming form the sargeant with a 0.60 k/d ratio. I suggest you play 30+ squad battle one day with me. Then try again and claim that halo 3 is all about people wandering around aimlessly and beatdowns. By god there is so much ignorance in that post. I find it funny that those who criticize halo 3 for not requiring skill or strategy or whatever haven't even played a single competitive game of halo 3."

Trust me those were competitive games that I played. You're surprisingly good though."

Yeah... no. You seem to forget that the ranking system put you against n00bs the whole time. Go tell the peeps on the bungie.net forums that halo is "all bout people wandering aorund aimlessly and beatdowns". I don't know whether you'll get laughed at or flamed but pretty much every single faction of halo 3, Be it big teamers, MLG, pseudoMLG, "fun" players, FFa pros or w.e. "

they are both really good
ima say halo 3 caus when some crazy shit happens u can watch it over and over 

"crunchUK said:

Yeah... no. You seem to forget that the ranking system put you against n00bs the whole time. Go tell the peeps on the bungie.net forums that halo is "all bout people wandering aorund aimlessly and beatdowns". I don't know whether you'll get laughed at or flamed but pretty much every single faction of halo 3, Be it big teamers, MLG, pseudoMLG, "fun" players, FFa pros or w.e. "

Did you just suggest he take his criticisms about a game to the game's forum, which is frequented almost solely by people who play the game regularly? Color me confused"

Cod4 all the way!
Halo 3 is meh...

Halo3, defiantly. CoD4's ranking system is very limited and the perks and weapons are very imbalanced and useless. M16 and Stopping Power/Juggernaut is the only useful combo. Everything else is useless.

Halo3's only customization is its armor perms and and symbols. Everything else is just tactics and craziness.

"jukezypoo said:

"crunchUK said:

Yeah... no. You seem to forget that the ranking system put you against n00bs the whole time. Go tell the peeps on the bungie.net forums that halo is "all bout people wandering aorund aimlessly and beatdowns". I don't know whether you'll get laughed at or flamed but pretty much every single faction of halo 3, Be it big teamers, MLG, pseudoMLG, "fun" players, FFa pros or w.e. "

Did you just suggest he take his criticisms about a game to the game's forum, which is frequented almost solely by people who play the game regularly? Color me confused"

Yes. precisely because it is full of people who play the game frequently and at competitive levels"

"crunchUK said:

"jukezypoo said:

"crunchUK said:

Yeah... no. You seem to forget that the ranking system put you against n00bs the whole time. Go tell the peeps on the bungie.net forums that halo is "all bout people wandering aorund aimlessly and beatdowns". I don't know whether you'll get laughed at or flamed but pretty much every single faction of halo 3, Be it big teamers, MLG, pseudoMLG, "fun" players, FFa pros or w.e. "

Did you just suggest he take his criticisms about a game to the game's forum, which is frequented almost solely by people who play the game regularly? Color me confused"

Yes. precisely because it is full of people who play the game frequently and at competitive levels"

But wouldn't even the most well-informed of criticisms of the most terrible game ever created be instantly dismissed by the fans who still attend to the game?A board populated solely by a game's fans can not be expected to contain players with varied opinions of said game. A board populated by a diverse mix of people with different tastes in games, however, may."

"crunchUK said:

"jukezypoo said:

"crunchUK said:

Yeah... no. You seem to forget that the ranking system put you against n00bs the whole time. Go tell the peeps on the bungie.net forums that halo is "all bout people wandering aorund aimlessly and beatdowns". I don't know whether you'll get laughed at or flamed but pretty much every single faction of halo 3, Be it big teamers, MLG, pseudoMLG, "fun" players, FFa pros or w.e. "

Did you just suggest he take his criticisms about a game to the game's forum, which is frequented almost solely by people who play the game regularly? Color me confused"

Yes. precisely because it is full of people who play the game frequently and at competitive levels"

But wouldn't even the most well-informed of criticisms of the most terrible game ever created be instantly dismissed by the fans who still attend to the game?A board populated solely by a game's fans can not be expected to contain players with varied opinions of said game. A board populated by a diverse mix of people with different tastes in games, however, may."

"jukezypoo said:

"crunchUK said:

"jukezypoo said:

"crunchUK said:

Yeah... no. You seem to forget that the ranking system put you against n00bs the whole time. Go tell the peeps on the bungie.net forums that halo is "all bout people wandering aorund aimlessly and beatdowns". I don't know whether you'll get laughed at or flamed but pretty much every single faction of halo 3, Be it big teamers, MLG, pseudoMLG, "fun" players, FFa pros or w.e. "

Did you just suggest he take his criticisms about a game to the game's forum, which is frequented almost solely by people who play the game regularly? Color me confused"

Yes. precisely because it is full of people who play the game frequently and at competitive levels"

But wouldn't even the most well-informed of criticisms of the most terrible game ever created be instantly dismissed by the fans who still attend to the game?A board populated solely by a game's fans can not be expected to contain players with varied opinions of said game. A board populated by a diverse mix of people with different tastes in games, however, may."

Oh my, you have no idea.  The halo 3 community  is one of the most picky groups of gamers out there.  You've got people even complaining about having unneccessary geometrical structures, etc."

Call of Duty 4. Just seems more fun to me.

"But wouldn't even the most well-informed of criticisms of the most terrible game ever created be instantly dismissed by the fans who still attend to the game?A board populated solely by a game's fans can not be expected to contain players with varied opinions of said game. A board populated by a diverse mix of people with different tastes in games, however, may."

Halo 3 for no real reason. I like cod4 heaps but the can only play with Australians as the lag in the U.S gets too much most of the time. Halo 3 never lags for me so it's a gimmie :)

I have to go with Halo 3. Much easier to get into if you've stopped playing for a while.

REDRUN said:

"COD4 hands down, less high sqeeling pre-teen whining and rambling during matches."

"dr_nefarious said:

"All of you, stay on the damn subject..please."

My answer is better than the subject.  Therefore, my answer is the new subject."

"jukezypoo said:

"crunchUK said:

Yeah... no. You seem to forget that the ranking system put you against n00bs the whole time. Go tell the peeps on the bungie.net forums that halo is "all bout people wandering aorund aimlessly and beatdowns". I don't know whether you'll get laughed at or flamed but pretty much every single faction of halo 3, Be it big teamers, MLG, pseudoMLG, "fun" players, FFa pros or w.e. "

Did you just suggest he take his criticisms about a game to the game's forum, which is frequented almost solely by people who play the game regularly? Color me confused"

Yes. precisely because it is full of people who play the game frequently and at competitive levels"

I don't care for Halo, and I find CoD 4 vastly superior in every way. So.. CoD 4.

COD 4, I've just never enjoyed Halo games.

"jukezypoo said:

"But wouldn't even the most well-informed of criticisms of the most terrible game ever created be instantly dismissed by the fans who still attend to the game?A board populated solely by a game's fans can not be expected to contain players with varied opinions of said game. A board populated by a diverse mix of people with different tastes in games, however, may."

It may not make immediate sense, but I think Crunch does have a solid point. A really dedicated Halo fan (who has invested hundreds of hours into the game) is going to have the most knowledge and understanding of the game, and be better equipped to point out the game's various strengths and flaws. Personally, I have a love/hate relationship with Halo 3. While I greatly enjoy the game on some occasions, I've played enough of it to realize each and every flaw in the game, which can lead to some very frustrating moments when the game doesn't work the way it should. "